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teoreettinen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abstract noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
  • academic adj Relating to schools, universities, or formal education and scholarship.
  • didactic adjective Intended to teach something, especially a moral lesson, as well as to inform or entertain.
  • mathematical adj Relating to mathematics or its methods.
  • theoretical adj Based on theory or reasoning rather than practical experience or proof.
  • virtual adj Existing in effect, though not officially or in a strict physical sense.

Senses

teoreettinen is used for these senses in English:

  • abstract Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
  • academic In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
  • didactic (medicine) Teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and clinical application.
  • mathematical Possible but highly improbable
  • theoretical Of or relating to theory; abstract; not empirical.
  • virtual Pertaining to a theoretical quality of something which would produce an observable effect if counteracting factors such as friction are disregarded; specifically, of a head of water: producing a certain pressure if friction, etc., is disregarded.

abstract — full definition

  1. noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
  2. adj Existing as an idea rather than a physical, concrete thing.
  3. adj Relating to art that uses shapes, colours, and forms rather than realistic depictions.
  4. verb To take out or separate a general idea or quality from something specific.

academic — full definition

  1. adj Relating to schools, universities, or formal education and scholarship.
  2. adj Theoretical rather than practical; of no real practical consequence.
  3. noun A person who works or studies at a university, especially as a teacher or researcher.

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